Naples police say a Hialeah man was caught with nearly $4,000 worth of stolen merchandise from Victoria's Secret after a foot chase at Coastland Center mall in Naples.

An officer reported using a taser during the arrest of Luis Padin, 45, in a parking lot near the Sears entrance of the mall about 4 p.m. Friday. He is charged with grand theft and resisting an officer without violence.

Padin, who said he got an Uber ride to Golden Gate from Miami and was given another ride to the mall, stole 296 items totaling $3,986 from the women's lingerie store, reports said.

The pursuit began when an officer walking toward Macy's spotted Padin holding a wrinkled Hugo Boss shopping bag, and speaking on the phone near the department store's entrance, reports said. The mall doesn't have a Hugo Boss shop.

When Padin noticed the officer, he began walking away quickly. The officer attempted to get Padin's attention by saying, "Sir," several times, but Padin kept walking faster, while still speaking on his cell phone, into Sears, reports said.

The uniformed officer caught up to Padin, identified himself as a Naples police officer and asked for Padin's identification, to which Padin replied he didn't have any and began walking faster, according to the report.

When the officer asked what was in the Hugo Boss bag, Padin didn't respond and then ran out of the store, reports said.

Fearing that Padin may run to his car to get a weapon, the officer tased him in the upper right back area and in the upper right buttocks area. Padin ran for a short distance before falling on the ground stomach first, the report states.

When questioned, Padin said he wasn't in Victoria's Secret that day. He spoke Spanish, and apologized to the officer who chased after him. He said he didn't know he was speaking to a police officer during the pursuit, and got scared, according to the report.